Melvyn C. Arthur

Melvyn
was born Aug. 30, 1925 in West Elkton, Ohio, to Walter and Frieda
(Burckhardt) Arthur who preceded him in death. On Dec. 21, 1947 he
married Mary Margaret Zimmerman Arthur and she survives.

Melvyn
graduated from Alger High School. He served in the US Army, 86th
Blackhawk Infantry Division where he attained the rank of Sgt/Maj.
serving in both theatres of World War II. He later received his
bachelor’s degree from Ohio Northern University, Ada. While at ONU,
Melvyn owned the Cub Restaurant in Ada and then received his master’s
degree from Bowling Green State University. Melvyn had been
superintendent of Pandora-Gilboa Schools. He had also served as
principal at Pandora-Gilboa. Prior to that, he had taught at Beaverdam
and Moulton schools. He retired from the Allen County Educational
Service Center where he served as a curriculum coordinator and later
started the Northwest Ohio Area Computer Service Cooperative. He was a
member of Gilboa United Methodist Church where he was a Sunday School
teacher and lay leader He was a past director of the Putnam County
Council on Aging, was a past mayor and councilman of Gilboa for over 30
years, member of the Ohio By-Way Committee, the Putnam County Library
Board and was a member of the Harter-Williams American Legion Post,
Gilboa where he served as adjutant.

Melvyn was preceded in death by a brother Rear Adm. Paul Arthur and a sister Christine Mitchell.

Services
were held at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday June 17 at Gilboa United Methodist
Church. Pastors Vijay Buck and Tom Graves officiated. Burial was in
Harman Cemetery, Gilboa where military rites were conducted.